Plot Interpretation
Allegory #1
Allegory #2
Commandments
Random
100
This is the reason why Napoleon orders the animals to stop singing "Beasts of England".
What is his fear of another rebellion?
100
Old Major represents these two Soviet thinkers.
Who are Lenin and Marx?
100
Lenin's right hand men are represented by these two animals.
Who are Napoleon and Snowball?
100
Mollie broke this commandment, but it was removed by the pigs later.
What is No Animal Shall Wear Clothes?
100
This is the first situation showing the pigs' eventual rise to power.
What is the theft of the milk and apples?
200
Snowball teaching others to read goes against this common theme expressed by the pigs.
What is that pigs are more equal than others?
200
This scene is allusion to the First Wave of the Russian Revolution.
What is the Rebellion?
200
The vicious dogs employed by Napoleon are stand ins for this entity.
What is the KGB?
200
Whatever Goes on Two Legs is An Enemy is broken by this action.
What is the hiring of Mr. Whymper?
200
A story that is interpreted with hidden meanings is known as this.
What is an allegory?
300
The fierce dogs, bleating sheep, and low intelligence are all reasons for this.
What is not defying the pigs/Napoleon?
300
The Bolsheviks, who were the primary leaders of the Russian Revolution, are represented by these animals.
Who are the pigs?
300
Moses the raven is a stand in for this Soviet entity.
What is the Orthodox Church?
300
The exile of Snowball is the first betrayal of this commandment.
What is Whatever Goes on Four Legs or Has Wings is a Friend?
300
The color green in the flag, the stolen apples, and Mollie's ribbons and sugar are all examples of this literary concept.
What is symbolism?
400
This event best foreshadows Boxer's fate towards the end of the book.
What is the attack by the dogs during the confessions?
400
An attack on the city of Stalingrad by people attempting to remove the Bolsheviks is represented by this battle.
What is the Battle of the Cowshed
400
The proletariat is shown through this farm animal.
Who is Boxer?
400
Fear tactics, lies and deceit, and taking advantage of the illiterate are all examples of this.
What is manipulation by pigs?
400
Information, often biased, used to promote a certain cause or point of view, best defines this term.
What is propaganda?
500
This is the most likely reason for Moses being allowed to return to the farm.
What is the promise of Sugarcandy Mountain distracting the animals?
500
The card playing scene at the end of the book foreshadows this eventual conflict.
What is the Cold War?
500
Stalin's political purges is represented in this scene.
What is the execution of the chickens?
500
Which commandment is the first one broken, but the last one adjusted on the barn?
What is All Animals Are Equal?
500
This scene can be described as an allegory-within-an-allegory.
What is the death of Boxer?
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